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Sunday's Smatterings
Jan. 16th, 2005 11:55 pmI haven't posted a good long post in a while. LJ's power outtage withstanding, I have been doing a lot of introspective thinking. I suppose I could have posted my thoughts privately, but the thoughts were jumbled. Too jumbled, I think for me to put them into tangible form.
I'm about ready to strangle one of the household felines. The old one is just being a bitch, she knows damned well where the litterbox is, she just expects it clean thirty seconds after she uses it. Tomorrow, she will have a most unpleasant experience. Tom is cleaning out the large dog crate and she gets to live in that. I just can't keep up with cleaning up after her anymore. I'm tired of getting physically ill because she thinks she can drop where she wants. :(
A few weeks back, we started closing the cats out of the bedroom. My husband would roll over and find wet spots in the bed... eww. The weird thing was the bed had been fully made and somehow they crawled up under the covers and sometimes the pillows to do this. Some have put the old cat's behave down to old age, she's like 15, but it's happened on and off for years. Being old is the only thing that has saved her from becoming an outside cat, that and me telling my husband that I don't want her being killed by someone or something on my conscience. Caging her might seem very cruel to some, but the alternatives are far far worse.
6:55 PM
I need to start supper about 8:30. Making Banquet fried chicken and seasoned potatoes. Might do corn on the cob. Also need to finish laundry, clean living room and clear up kitchen. Tom needs to scrub his bathroom and do the dog crate. Crate can wait until tomorrow, but the bathroom should be done tonight.
May or may not RP tonight, not sure. Might hit the bed early, going to try to take the car tomorrow. Big event.. first time I'm taking it for the day since I broke my ankle in June. Kevin will be working at an easily found gate that's not far from home, so, this is good. Tuesday, I will clean my office.
If I take the car, I need/want to: go to the bank to make deposits, pay bills, grocery shop, hit Hobby Lobby for a few things. Might have the oil change done while I'm at it since Hobby Lobby is short walk from the Kwik Kar oil change place.
Been taking part in the AOL Sims 2 board. Most of the people use understandable language. One punk started babbling in some form of netspeak and got whacked upside the head. Apparently, it's a 13 year old. It was interesting to note that they really whapped her when she told the other posters that the game was for kids and not old people. Ohhhh boy.
Last night, my husband surprised me. He called home to ask for something and Tom told him that I was cleaning and was putting up the laundry. Originally, he had wanted to ask me to make the seasoned potatoes that he likes so much to go with the chicken I was planning for dinner. Instead, he asked me to call Outback and find out what time they closed on Saturday night and that he would take me out if they would still be open late enough for us to get dinner when he got home. Outback closes on Saturday at 11:30, so... out we went. It was one of his more thoughtful days for which I am most graetful. :)
I'm going to switch out my laundry again.
7:45 PM
One load (possibly two) to wash, one load washing, one load drying and another put away. Off to clean up Kevin's room. I try to go in there every week or so and clear up trash and stuff.
8:10 PM
Kevin's room cleared.
Recent audio books: Ginger: My Story by Ginger Rogers, The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy : More Stories from The Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark, and The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor.
I back tracked about 3 days of LJ posts to see what all I missed.
8:45 PM
Chicken in the oven, need to make the potatoes so that they are ready when the timer goes off. Miles to go before I sleep.
11:50
More laundry done and put up. Dinner cleaned up, dishes done. Living room cleaned. Too tired and sore to finish the kitchen tonight. It's a good tired, though as I accomplished much today.
I'm about ready to strangle one of the household felines. The old one is just being a bitch, she knows damned well where the litterbox is, she just expects it clean thirty seconds after she uses it. Tomorrow, she will have a most unpleasant experience. Tom is cleaning out the large dog crate and she gets to live in that. I just can't keep up with cleaning up after her anymore. I'm tired of getting physically ill because she thinks she can drop where she wants. :(
A few weeks back, we started closing the cats out of the bedroom. My husband would roll over and find wet spots in the bed... eww. The weird thing was the bed had been fully made and somehow they crawled up under the covers and sometimes the pillows to do this. Some have put the old cat's behave down to old age, she's like 15, but it's happened on and off for years. Being old is the only thing that has saved her from becoming an outside cat, that and me telling my husband that I don't want her being killed by someone or something on my conscience. Caging her might seem very cruel to some, but the alternatives are far far worse.
6:55 PM
I need to start supper about 8:30. Making Banquet fried chicken and seasoned potatoes. Might do corn on the cob. Also need to finish laundry, clean living room and clear up kitchen. Tom needs to scrub his bathroom and do the dog crate. Crate can wait until tomorrow, but the bathroom should be done tonight.
May or may not RP tonight, not sure. Might hit the bed early, going to try to take the car tomorrow. Big event.. first time I'm taking it for the day since I broke my ankle in June. Kevin will be working at an easily found gate that's not far from home, so, this is good. Tuesday, I will clean my office.
If I take the car, I need/want to: go to the bank to make deposits, pay bills, grocery shop, hit Hobby Lobby for a few things. Might have the oil change done while I'm at it since Hobby Lobby is short walk from the Kwik Kar oil change place.
Been taking part in the AOL Sims 2 board. Most of the people use understandable language. One punk started babbling in some form of netspeak and got whacked upside the head. Apparently, it's a 13 year old. It was interesting to note that they really whapped her when she told the other posters that the game was for kids and not old people. Ohhhh boy.
Last night, my husband surprised me. He called home to ask for something and Tom told him that I was cleaning and was putting up the laundry. Originally, he had wanted to ask me to make the seasoned potatoes that he likes so much to go with the chicken I was planning for dinner. Instead, he asked me to call Outback and find out what time they closed on Saturday night and that he would take me out if they would still be open late enough for us to get dinner when he got home. Outback closes on Saturday at 11:30, so... out we went. It was one of his more thoughtful days for which I am most graetful. :)
I'm going to switch out my laundry again.
7:45 PM
One load (possibly two) to wash, one load washing, one load drying and another put away. Off to clean up Kevin's room. I try to go in there every week or so and clear up trash and stuff.
8:10 PM
Kevin's room cleared.
Recent audio books: Ginger: My Story by Ginger Rogers, The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy : More Stories from The Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark, and The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor.
I back tracked about 3 days of LJ posts to see what all I missed.
8:45 PM
Chicken in the oven, need to make the potatoes so that they are ready when the timer goes off. Miles to go before I sleep.
11:50
More laundry done and put up. Dinner cleaned up, dishes done. Living room cleaned. Too tired and sore to finish the kitchen tonight. It's a good tired, though as I accomplished much today.
Wednssday's Warblings
Dec. 15th, 2004 06:09 pmI got the balance of my holiday cards written out and ready to go. Talk about things that make you go hmm..... I had just sealed the envelope heading out to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blackhilllife when my doorbell rang. UPS had left a package at my door from....yup... you guessed it.. I haven't opened the inside contents, I'm waiting for Christmas. Thank you, Ash! :)
I'm going to get what I have ready to mail out on Friday when Kevin has the day off. I still need to get something for my FIL. Need to finish 2 cross-stitch projects, hopefully, for mailing on Friday. Waiting on one current address, need to write two letters and get those things off in the mail. Last mailing day for me with be next Thursday. I refuse to mail on Christmas Eve. Kevin has 23rd and 24th off. Some part of me wishes he had 24/25, but considering there are a lot of peope that will have no spouses home for the holidays and how many years I was among them, I'm glad for him not being in Iraq, Afghanistan, or some other place on the other side of the world. Jessica is supposed to come home for Christmas weekend. I hope that doesn't change.
Today's audio book is All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell. I finished The Triumph Of Katie Byrne by Barbara Taylor Bradford and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding. The latter was hysterically funny. I think it's probably one of those stories that has parts only women will get. I mentioned one of the moments I found funny as hell to my husband and he didn't get it. He never gets female geared humor, few men do. More power to those that do.
Trying to keep this entry in happy and hopeful tones. I'm tired of things getting me down.
House is in decent shape except for the mess behind my desk. Need to do the usual drill.. laundry, dishes, etc. Today, I had plans to make better batches of fudge than I did last time. Not sure if I will. Then again.. if I do, I can send some out to Liz.
Batsy, the black shorthaired cat, is parked in front of the sliding door enjoying the sun that's filtering through the blinds. She always reminds me of a story I read as a child; the cat in the story was called Jenny Linsky. Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories About Jenny Linsky.
Today. I'm working on stitchery, two ornaments. One has a lighthouse on it and the other is to be a Winnie-the-Pooh First Christmas ornament.
They say things come in three. I'm glad to see the most recent three for me was good. I heard from three people that I haven't talked to in ages.
5:04PM
Made a double batch of fudge. Will see tomorrow if it sets properly or not. Might pack it for mailing, might not.
I'm tired of some men assuming that I am clueless with regard to technical things like computers because I don't have a penis. My son has learned the it is much easier to fool Dad then Mom with regard to these technological wonders. He's also chose a new tactic when he wants to do something and I am determined to do it. It's... "I can do this, I know how to do this as well as you know computers. " Talk about appealing to my sense of fairness. I handed him the screwdriver and let him have at my kitchen drawer. Need more brackets to finsh it.
I, Robot, I watched it last night and enjoyed it.
Off to stitch more and stuff.
blackhilllife when my doorbell rang. UPS had left a package at my door from....yup... you guessed it.. I haven't opened the inside contents, I'm waiting for Christmas. Thank you, Ash! :)I'm going to get what I have ready to mail out on Friday when Kevin has the day off. I still need to get something for my FIL. Need to finish 2 cross-stitch projects, hopefully, for mailing on Friday. Waiting on one current address, need to write two letters and get those things off in the mail. Last mailing day for me with be next Thursday. I refuse to mail on Christmas Eve. Kevin has 23rd and 24th off. Some part of me wishes he had 24/25, but considering there are a lot of peope that will have no spouses home for the holidays and how many years I was among them, I'm glad for him not being in Iraq, Afghanistan, or some other place on the other side of the world. Jessica is supposed to come home for Christmas weekend. I hope that doesn't change.
Today's audio book is All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell. I finished The Triumph Of Katie Byrne by Barbara Taylor Bradford and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding. The latter was hysterically funny. I think it's probably one of those stories that has parts only women will get. I mentioned one of the moments I found funny as hell to my husband and he didn't get it. He never gets female geared humor, few men do. More power to those that do.
Trying to keep this entry in happy and hopeful tones. I'm tired of things getting me down.
House is in decent shape except for the mess behind my desk. Need to do the usual drill.. laundry, dishes, etc. Today, I had plans to make better batches of fudge than I did last time. Not sure if I will. Then again.. if I do, I can send some out to Liz.
Batsy, the black shorthaired cat, is parked in front of the sliding door enjoying the sun that's filtering through the blinds. She always reminds me of a story I read as a child; the cat in the story was called Jenny Linsky. Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories About Jenny Linsky.
Today. I'm working on stitchery, two ornaments. One has a lighthouse on it and the other is to be a Winnie-the-Pooh First Christmas ornament.
They say things come in three. I'm glad to see the most recent three for me was good. I heard from three people that I haven't talked to in ages.
5:04PM
Made a double batch of fudge. Will see tomorrow if it sets properly or not. Might pack it for mailing, might not.
I'm tired of some men assuming that I am clueless with regard to technical things like computers because I don't have a penis. My son has learned the it is much easier to fool Dad then Mom with regard to these technological wonders. He's also chose a new tactic when he wants to do something and I am determined to do it. It's... "I can do this, I know how to do this as well as you know computers. " Talk about appealing to my sense of fairness. I handed him the screwdriver and let him have at my kitchen drawer. Need more brackets to finsh it.
I, Robot, I watched it last night and enjoyed it.
Off to stitch more and stuff.
Tuesday, 31 August 2004
Aug. 31st, 2004 07:46 amYesterday, I talked to both of my girls.
Called Jess to wish her a happy birthday and let her know that I have her present, but it will be a while before it gets in the mail.
Liz called to let me know she got the swing and that she loves it. I have more stuff for her that needs to be mailed.
Tom need to grasp the concept of "bag lunch." There's no way he can tell me that every kid at his school buys lunch. They've been passing that tale around for years.
Kevin needs to understand that the cat does not grasp what he means by... "Leave the room or you'll be locked in all day."
Called Jess to wish her a happy birthday and let her know that I have her present, but it will be a while before it gets in the mail.
Liz called to let me know she got the swing and that she loves it. I have more stuff for her that needs to be mailed.
Tom need to grasp the concept of "bag lunch." There's no way he can tell me that every kid at his school buys lunch. They've been passing that tale around for years.
Kevin needs to understand that the cat does not grasp what he means by... "Leave the room or you'll be locked in all day."
Call me cruel... or just fed up.
Jan. 20th, 2003 08:07 amOur Siamese cat has apparently decided that it's her God given right to try to use anywhere in the house as a litterbox and hairball bin.
If she was sick, I would be more patient and more tolerant. However, with Kevin aching like he was over the weekend the last thing he needed was to be stepping in "stuff." The cat has been doing this sort of thing, on and off, for years, not to mention she eats a good portion of our other cat's food and then barfs it up. If she ate because she was hungry, it would be one thing, but she seems to be like the kid that just eats so no one gets what she thinks of as her share.
So.... I hit my tolerance level with the kitty. I hauled out the dog crate, the cat one was way too small for what I had in mind. The crate is for large dogs, so there's plenty of space for one 12 lb cat. With my son's help, I cleaned it up. He prepared a litter box, we lined the crate with an old blanket. Food and water were put in.
She was in there for over a day, no problems. We let her out, first thing she did was attack the dry food feeder and barf all over. Needless to say, she's back in the crate for now.
I don't like being cruel or mean to any animal, unless, of course, they attack me. I've tried hairball medicine, that's not the problem. If I put the food up, the other cat will starve because she's a nibbler.
For years, I thought it was because I just don't "get" cats that I couldn't figure out what was causing her behavior. Seems that's not quite the case. I "get" Bats just fine. She eats, she drinks, she isn't destructive, she uses the litterbox. Only problem we have ever had with her that needed to be worked on was her adjusting to the dog in the house. She used to pick on him when he was a pup, now, he's bigger, and she realized that it's not a good idea anymore because he could easily do damage to her. At least that was one I could understand.
I'm open to suggestion here.. we have tried separate litterboxes, Meows (don't ask, the kids named her) just did as she liked. Tried scooping every time, but she still does it. I'd think illness, but last time she was to the vet, he said she wasn't diabetic or anything.
If she was sick, I would be more patient and more tolerant. However, with Kevin aching like he was over the weekend the last thing he needed was to be stepping in "stuff." The cat has been doing this sort of thing, on and off, for years, not to mention she eats a good portion of our other cat's food and then barfs it up. If she ate because she was hungry, it would be one thing, but she seems to be like the kid that just eats so no one gets what she thinks of as her share.
So.... I hit my tolerance level with the kitty. I hauled out the dog crate, the cat one was way too small for what I had in mind. The crate is for large dogs, so there's plenty of space for one 12 lb cat. With my son's help, I cleaned it up. He prepared a litter box, we lined the crate with an old blanket. Food and water were put in.
She was in there for over a day, no problems. We let her out, first thing she did was attack the dry food feeder and barf all over. Needless to say, she's back in the crate for now.
I don't like being cruel or mean to any animal, unless, of course, they attack me. I've tried hairball medicine, that's not the problem. If I put the food up, the other cat will starve because she's a nibbler.
For years, I thought it was because I just don't "get" cats that I couldn't figure out what was causing her behavior. Seems that's not quite the case. I "get" Bats just fine. She eats, she drinks, she isn't destructive, she uses the litterbox. Only problem we have ever had with her that needed to be worked on was her adjusting to the dog in the house. She used to pick on him when he was a pup, now, he's bigger, and she realized that it's not a good idea anymore because he could easily do damage to her. At least that was one I could understand.
I'm open to suggestion here.. we have tried separate litterboxes, Meows (don't ask, the kids named her) just did as she liked. Tried scooping every time, but she still does it. I'd think illness, but last time she was to the vet, he said she wasn't diabetic or anything.
